Show farms produce 3 million worth the men and women who settled the vast acres that is san juan county utah were of necessity ranchers and cattlemen they settled the land in 1880 and they met and conquered every obstacle from ruinous floods stubborn droutha drout hs crop searing winds to indian uprisings as recent as 1923 and ma outlaws they were without mail service doctors or medicines and their nearest earest if supply post was at mantes colo miles away from which food and all necessities had to be freighted in wagons over trails to bluff these pioneers began their farming operations by cultivating acres of croplands crop lands near the san juan river I 1 in 1950 which are the latest figures available there were acres of land under cultivation only 9 3 per cent of the coun taw tys area wheat land occupies more wore than acres while there is an estimated total of acres of bean land there were acres of irrigated farms in 1950 but the rest are dry farms the approximate value of farm products sold in 1950 was the number of cattle and calves reported to in 1950 total led head while there were head of sheep and lambs all livestock and livestock products sold brought in there were farm homes in san juan county in 1950 of the homes 93 bad telephone service had electric power in 1954 REA extended power lines so that now approximately ITS farm homes have electricity IZI had electric washing machines ila bad had grain combines 3 farms reported ted having trucks farms reported having 00 tractors farms were on improved roads farms hired farm labor and their combined payrolls to total led however it is the uranium oll and CM interests that is burgeoning r the e population and producing the intensive industrial activity |